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GLASS CLOTH

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 112 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GLASS See also:CLOTH , a textile material, the name of which indicates the use for which it was originally intended. The cloths are in See also:general See also:woven with the See also:plain weave, and the fabric may be all See also:white, striped or checked with red, See also:blue or other coloured threads; the checked cloths are the most See also:common. The real See also:article should be all See also:linen, but a large quantity is made with See also:cotton warp and See also:tow weft, and in some cases they are composed entirely of cotton. The See also:short See also:fibres of the cheaper See also:kind are easily detached from the cloth, and hence they are not so satisfactory for the purpose for which they are intended.

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